Where the River Brought Them -by Pat McDonaldIs a mixture of truth, legend, and tales where sometimes the truth far outstrips the legends. It is the story of  Rocky Mountain House, of its great fur trade  history, ofexplorer and geographer David Thompson, of competing Cree and Blackfoot Indian alliances, new discoveries, life at the forts, and Thompson's treks through the mountain passes. It is also the story of the hardy pioneers who came after to the area. There is much history here. It is the sweeping story of the great North Saskatchewan River  and the men and women who passed our way.

Visit secret burial sites, mysterious caves, boats long hidden and sundance lodges .Read about the world record bear of George Bugbee and the mysterious Russian house in the woods  near Caroline. Did you know that during the Second World, two Japanese internment camps and one German POW camp were located nearby? And then there was Anna Chevallier of the world famous diving girls who with her horse jumped into water tanks fifty feet below! This is but a small portion of our exciting history.556 pages with over 600 photos including two spectacularcolor signature inserts.

The Fur trade -The Missionaries  Father Albert Lacombe, the MacDougals, David Thompson -The "City of the Dead"- - Aboriginal History - Life at the Forts -The Legends -The Railroaders -the Lumberjacks - The Characters - Great Tourist Sites- Kootenay Plains-Mysteries 

THE REVIEWS ARE IN !!


" DANGEROUS" !!    David Bly of the Calgary Herald Friday- November 30th 2001

" This isn't your ordinary local history- this is about Alberta's beginnings.
                 Itsabout the Northwest Company, the Hudson's Bay Company, the natives, the
        traders, the settlers and others who are part of the colourful parade of the
region's history. With lots of anecdotes and a generous sprinkling of
                          photographs, this hefty book is dangerous-start flipping its pages and you could
easily be sucked into a time vortex for several hours."


Greg Nieman of the Red Deer Advocate December 15th, 2001

" Author Pat McDonald rightly said that if the history of Rocky Mountain House had occurred in the U.S., it would be the stuff of American legend. Mel Gibson would have played David Thompson in a movie a long time ago...Maybe Canadians don't make movies about their historical figures. But we do write some pretty good books."


The title wets the appetite of the inquiring mind. Like a diamond with many facets, Pat McDonald brings each to light as he walks us through 200 years of history..Pat's spectrum of themes leaves very few stones unturned.. His eclectic perspective enhances the saga that awaits the reader... This informative book belongs on the bookshelf of any serious history buff interested in local history. Teachers, librarians, researchers and scholars will find this to be a valuable resource as it so thoroughly preserves a significant era of our western heritage." Dr. Stephen Wilk noted author and historian
" What a great work-a real monument for Rocky Mountain House and even for Canada. Thank you so much for the hours of pleasure now in my hands. Bless the book as it goes on its way."
Eileen Burnett- Poet- Author- English Instructor -Manitoba- 


Thank you so much for your delightful book-" Where The River Brought Them" and for your special inscription. As I get into it I marvel at the extent to which you've gone into your research and compilation." Marjorie Wood
Marjorie Wood is the widow of well known historian and author Kerry Wood.Kerry Wood wrote several local books that won Governor General awards including - The Mapmaker -the life of David Thompson-The Great Chief- The Boy and the Buffalo- Samson's long Journey- and several others. The Boy and the Buffalo is the legendary story of Jimmy O'Chiese, which story also appears in " Where The River Brought Them."

WHERE THE RIVER BROUGHT THEM

is a hardbound, coffee-table edition with a full- colour jacket. It contains 576 pages of text, photos, original art, maps and other images, and includes 32 pages of colour. 

Sale is now under way for this long awaited history . ON SALE AT OUTLETS EVERYWHERE

Rocky Mountain House National Historic Site 1-403-845-2412

Calgary Glenbow Museum 

Edmonton Provincial Museum

Banff Tourism Visitors Centre

Lake Louise Visitors Centre

Red Deer Museum Gift Shop
 
 

Please inquire as to prices and Alberta delivery from : BUDDYS BOOKSHOPPE Main St. ROCKY MOUNTAIN HOUSE Box 399 T0M 1T0 or ph. 1-866-845-3168- fax-1-403-845-7813 Ph. 845-3168 buddys@incentre.net)
 

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